Hi everyone!  It's been pretty quiet here, but Tucson Timetraders is alive and well.  Whenever there are timebank meetings and events we'll list them here, and there's also an iCal calendar - click to download or subscribe.

Do you have a project or group of friends ready to start timebanking?  Next step is for each person to sign up and we'll get you going ASAP.

Any questions?  Your friendly timebank coordinators are often online to answer questions and help members with the website.  You can email metasofa.org(at)gmail.com or chat with us on the community blog (log in below).

For lots of great information about timebanking from around the world, check out the Knit-a-Network Timebank Knowledge Commons, and see our TB-KC Library mirror site and some Links & Resources below.

Across the US and around the world, Timebanking has proven to be of benefit in a multitude of diverse applications, especially at a grassroots level - person-to-person and neighbor-to-neighbor services, social services and support resources, neighborhood infrastructure, cooperatives and local businesses - thereby strengthening local communities and economies.

Timebanking is about acknowledging and crediting the invisible / core economy, building community, including older, younger, and disabled folks, and providing an economic buffer for mainstream working folks during recession.  Timebanking is something everyone can do right now to strengthen your local community and economy.

Timebanking is a good way for us to notice and appreciate the everyday assistance we give each other and often take for granted - rides, errands, childcare, eldercare, cooking, cleaning, fixing, mending, advice, tutoring, coaching, listening... with our families, friends, neighbors and co-workers.  This type of work is actually the "core economy" - often invisible, but an essential part of the whole economy - nothing could happen without it!  Please join us in re-defining work and appreciating the true foundation of our wealth.

Membership in our timebank is free and open to everyone, and participation is growing slowly but surely... currently we have 230 members, including 5 organizations.  See the word cloud below to get an idea of what we're trading & sharing.

Our website is a live-online member-based community directory for finding people, services offered and wanted, and other resources.  The software is easy to use, and it's securely accessible with standard web browsers on all desktop and laptop computers, tablets, ipads, iphones and androids.

Members can log in below.  If you're not already a member, you can sign up on the form below.